Dani´s Third Blog

 AGENDA

Take a minute

Blog corrections

Reader´s/Writer´s workshop

Week Six: QQSL

Literature Circles

HW

RJ 6.2 Read or IXL or iReady for 20-30 minutes

As we settled into sixth period, we all took out our binder reminders to write down the agenda. Then, Ms. Nakada started take a minute. After, Lunden came up to read her blog and picked me to do the blog next. Then, we all started going over "Eighth Grade Contributions, Experiences, and Adventures 2023-2024" packet to be prepared for our important dates. Once we finished going over the packet, we pulled out our reading journals and continued week six QQSL. 

"People spend their whole lives looking for love. Poems and songs and entire novels are written about it. But how can you trust something that can end as soon as it begins." Nicola Yoon. 

Question: Can you make someone fall in love? 

Song: "If I Ain't Got You" by Alicia Keyes

After, we packed up and left.

Lunden's Third Blog

AGENDA

new seats

take a minute 

blog corrections

reader's/writer's workshop

Week 6: Q.Q.S.L

Literature Circles

HW

RJ 6.1 Read or IXL or iReady for 20-30 mins

We started off the day, coming into class and being assigned new seats. When getting situated in our new seats, Genesis came to the front of the class to read her third blog. Once she finished reading, she picked on me to do the blog next. We then did independent work by completing our Inside Out & Back Again essays while Ms. Nakada went around the room checking everyone's reading journal from last week. After, we began to talk about how to write bibliographies and works cited. After half of the class went back to finish their essays, while the other half took out their English notes books to begin doing Week 6: Q.Q.S.L. The bell soon rang, and we all left class.

Genesis' Third Blog

 AGENDA

Take a minute 

Blog Corrections

Reader's Workshop

Week 5: Q Q S L

HOMEWORK: 

IO&BA RJ 5.3 read or IXL or iReady for 20-30 minutes

        In the beginning, the class wrote down the agenda, did blog corrections, and had a reader's workshop. After that, the class took out their English journal and glued the lines of the week onto the page, and had a conversation about the poem. Once the class had done all that, they worked on their IO&BA essays. Then, the bell rang, and class ended.

Devin's Third Blog

 AGENDA

Take a minute

Blog Corrections

Reader's Workshop

Week 5 QQSL

I.O.&.B.A. Essays

The bell rang and people got out their binder reminders to write down today's agenda while Ms. Nakada played this week's take a minute. After the video was over, Yaretzi read her blog and chose me. I packed up my stuff, and Ms. Nakada went around to check everyone's reading journals. She then went over everyone's iReady goals. We started reader's workshop but most people were talking. After reader's workshop was over Ms. Nakada talked about how there were only 16 weeks left in the school year and to make them count. Then, we listened and analyzed the song of the week: "Strange Fruit" by Billie Holiday. This song is about the very violent and disturbing history of the United States. Then, we packed up, and the bell rang. :)

Yaretzi's Third Blog

 Agenda 

Take a minute 

Blog corrections 

reader's workshop 

Week 5: Q Q S L 

I.O. & B. A. essays 

HW- RJ 5.1 Read for 20-30 minutes 

We started off the period by watching a video about a Ground Hog Day movie and then writing our reading journals for the week. After that, we started writing our Week 5 Q Q S L and talked about it. Then, we started working on our essays. Finally, we packed up and left.

Natalie's Third Blog

 Take A Minute

Blog Corrections

reader's workshop

I.O.+B.A. essays

week 4 quiz

HW: It's Ground Hog Day!

            We started the period by taking a minute. Matthew read his blog, and Ms. Nakada corrected it. We did reader's workshop and then transitioned into our I.O.+B.A. essays. We got about a paragraph into the essay, took the week four quiz, packed up, and left.

Matthew's Third Blog

 Agenda

Take a minute

Blog corrections

Reader's Workshop

I.O. & B.A. Essays

HW: RJ 4.4 Read or spend 20-30 minutes on IXL or iReady. Record minutes / summary 

We started off the day by coming into the classroom taking a minute. Afterwards, we had Alejandro read his blog, and he picked me to do the next one. We corrected all of the mistakes inside his blog and shortly after started reader's workshop. We then started working on the Inside Out & Back Again T chart and looked for lines in the "Faces" and "Refugee Children"articles that were about fleeing and finding home. We then packed up for the day and left.